Diving in Raja Ampat: a first-timer guide
Would you believe me if I said I wanted to hate diving in Raja Ampat? I feared the place …
The perfect scuba diving bag doesn’t exist?
#NeverWithoutMyGear. It took me only a year after my open water certification to understand how much I hated renting scuba diving gear in dive centres: never the right size, questionable maintenance, bad habits of other scuba divers (you know what I’m talking about), you name it. …
Scuba diving in Hawaii: my ultimate 2-week itinerary
“Are you getting married, Florine?”, “Did you go on honeymoon?”- “Whaaaat? Nooo…“ This is pretty much the type of conversation I had on and on, before and after my 2-week trip to Hawaii. The reason? The Hawaiian Archipelago seems such a fantasy destination beyond reach …
My top 10 dives of 2017
The New Year is the perfect moment to look back at another year that passed. Last year, I was surprised of what I achieved in a year, but when I look back at 2017, 22 scuba diving locations in 8 different countries in 10 months, …
Shore diving in Maui: Hawaii’s best-kept secret
The Hawaiian Archipelago is full of bucket-list dives and exciting adventures, such as diving in a volcanic crater or night diving with manta rays, but all of these scuba diving trips come with a high price tag. To be clear, I have rarely paid so …
Shore diving in Honaunau, Big Island
It was my last dive in Hawaii after my manta ray night dive in Kona, but I didn’t know it yet when I entered the water. I was supposed to dive next at Old Airport in Kona, but as the weather deteriorated during the day, …
Manta ray night dive in Kona, Hawaii
I heard and read many stories on how Kona became such a famous place for diving with manta rays at night, becoming a bucket-list dive for adventurous travellers eager to go diving in Hawaii. While I think diving in Maui is a better choice for …
Diving in lava tubes in Hawaii: will you dare to do it?
To fly from Japan to Maui, I had to choose between flying via Oahu (Honolulu) and Big Island (Kona). Given the possibility of seeing lava flowing into the ocean or night diving with a ballet of manta rays, I decided I could give up on …
Should you snorkel or scuba dive in Molokini Crater, Hawaii?
Molokini Crater was the first dive site in Hawaii I added to my bucket list. The description of a semi-submerged crater of an ancient volcano was enough to get me thrilled about diving it. When I read that the uninhabited atoll was a State marine …